FALLEN : A Fragment
■ ;- -+ *The old, old tale, since ever the world began, Of trusting' woman, and of faithless man'! Creatures of fatlj, love, sorrow? hope oi^fear/ * We fret our brief existence on this earthly sphere, Midst gloom or sunshine, wilh .tear-dimmed eyes, Striving to pierce ~the mists*- of Mafure's mys-* teries'j- ,- "' . ■* " • drifting upon the shoreless sele of time, • In sunlit clouds beholding still some happier clime, That vanishes and mocfes our eager sight, Like darkening cloudbanks on the sea at night, — Until we sink into the silent deep, And then our little life is rounded with a sleep ! ''" % ' AUTOMAIHES. ' Auckland, Deo. 24th, 1882. :.
The Sydney critics say Harding is improving, Sims Reeves lies still got a slight lead of him". Thorpe Talbot, author, of "A Month in Hot Water " is writing a series of interesting letters in Dunedin Public Opinion from California American papers .bavin)* staJ;eil^¥a^ArcMbald Forbes was goingto^in^'ry. Miss 'Mfeiggs, he explained that it waaa 1 mistake ; he^e*<eW*:Bie«kt to marry her^fjofi|ij§o. But perh&iJaSie meant to marry him. $■*■ "\ ' ; ; i^.
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Observer, Volume 5, Issue 120, 30 December 1882, Page 249
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169FALLEN: A Fragment Observer, Volume 5, Issue 120, 30 December 1882, Page 249
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